Necklaces - Liliane Lijn

Selected Works 1959-2005

Austin Desmond Fine Art, London. 2006.
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Liliane Lijn Selected Works 1959 – 2005

Austin Desmond Gallery, London

April - May 2006

A selection of works spanning four and a half decades, the exhibition was curated by Catriona Colledge.
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Selected Works 1959 – 2005, published by Austin Desmond, 2006

A catalogue with introductory text by Sarah Wilson published to accompany the exhibition at Austin Desmond Gallery, Liliane Lijn: Selected Works 1959-2005, 28th April 2006 - 26th May 2006.
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Liliane Lijn Works 1959 – 80, published by the Mead Gallery, 2005

A catalogue written by David Mellor, edited by Sarah Shalgosky and published to accompany the exhibition at the Mead Gallery, University of Warwick, 28 April - 22 June 2005
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Starslide, 2005

Commissioned by Guy's and St Thomas' Charity for the Evelina Childrens Hospital in London.
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Liliane Lijn: Works 1959 – 1980

Mead Gallery, Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry. 2005.
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Starslide, 2005

Lijn’s concept of sculpture is that no part of it should be unnecessary. She wanted to design a slide that both in concept and form would be an integral part of the sculpture.
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Starslide (Construction), 2005

It was a great challenge to conceive of a sculpture that was also a helter-skelter. To mould a spiral slide into a cone was an extremely complex technical problem.
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Zero Gravity Koan, 1969 / 2004

Niccone Valley, Italy. In 2004 I decided to remake the Koans, which I had originally made in 1969 and exhibited at the Hanover Gallery in London.
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Zero Gravity Koan

La Rotunda, Commune di Umbertide. 2004.
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Vaselle, 2004

A glazed ceramic wine vessel made from two conjoined conical shapes.
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Zero Gravity Koan, 2004

Koan is a Japanese word for a paradoxical riddle given to young Buddhist monks as aids for meditation. Koans are a continuous theme in Lijn’s work.
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Inner Light III, 2003

Commissioned by St. Thomas’ and Guy’s Hospital Charitable Trust for the Maternity Ward of St. Thomas’ Hospital, London.
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Liquid Koan, 2003

Layers of colour appear distinct and separate or merge into one another depending on the angle at which they are seen. The cone is seen as both solid and fluid within the medium of light.
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Light and Memory, published by Thames & Hudson, London, 2022

A catalogue published for the exhibition Liliane Lijn: Light and Memory, organised by Enrico Mascelloni and Gabriele Violini at Rocca di Umbertide, Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea, Perugia, Italy 29 June – 12 September 2002.
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